I'm working on infrastructure in Xihuan

Izzy's employer, Lucien Velvet, is a noble duke, but perhaps because he has been in bed all year round, he has not seen much of the world, and he has received a good education in royal etiquette. The limit of his annoyance is to be a little childish. Maomaoquan is so painless that Izzy even wants to classify it as coquettish.

Facing Lucien's furrowed face, Izzy uncontrollably developed a soft emotion towards him that was between "love" and "love" besides employers and mercenaries.

In the modern context, he is called a "papa fan".

At this time, on the other side of the chess table, Mr. Dalton East silently covered his stomach, lowered his head desperately to hide his distorted expression, so that he would not look at that Hall mercenary with pity.

again.

Another one that fell into the duke pit.

Dalton silently read two prayers to the other party in his heart, and then remembered that the Hall tribe did not believe in the God of Light.

Well, that didn't help.

He replaced the prayer with a eulogy, and looked at Izzy as if he was dying.

"Are you feeling unwell?" Seeing Dalton clutching his stomach suddenly, Lucien cared about him in a friendly way and asked Anna to call the accompanying doctor.

"No, no need." Dalton hurriedly stopped, "I'm fine, just now," his brain was running wildly, and he blurted out, "I just remembered that I forgot to send out an urgent document, which is for His Highness Luthers Yes, I was a little anxious at the moment..."

Dalton rubbed his palms on his pants, sweating profusely from Lucien's smile.

Sure enough, time and distance will beautify everything. At this moment, he has fully realized how well-behaved and innocent the young third prince was when he was a child, and how gentle and gentle the duke who fed him white lotus tea was.

Dalton is extremely eager to return to Mansui's small office and work hard. He is willing to work hard for Lucien's food. Please let him work overtime at the desk until he dies, okay? What did he do wrong? To be called by the complete "Lucien" to board the boat and go to Velvet together, eating, drinking and playing with me on the way, the pressure is so great that I can't breathe.

He didn't believe Lucien's so-called "I think you are very good and want to talk more", but more believed that it was "I think he is very funny and want to play more".

Doton tried to smooth things over for himself: "I don't know if I want to greet His Highness on your behalf..."

"That's it, that's great!" Lucien clapped his hands in surprise, "I wrote a few letters, please help me take them back together."

"Also, I also gave some of the things I bought on the way to my eldest brother." He stood up with the table in his hand, went to the next room to look for the souvenirs that people bought along the way, and turned around, leaving Dalton and Issie looking at each other.

The two of them really didn't know each other well, if it wasn't because Lucien didn't think two people were interested in sitting and playing checkers, they wouldn't sit at the same table.

On the chessboard, Lucien's pieces are about to win, and Dalton has maintained the same level as Issy. Back then, Lucien often played with checkers. How to make people happy, Dalton has specially studied of.

"Playing for the first time?" Dalton made a conversation by playing chess.

"Yeah." Issy nodded, "The Duke said it's a family game in their family, and it would be more interesting if there were more people playing it."

In view of Lucien's special family, Issy naturally attributed the first time he heard that checkers, a board game, was exclusive to the royal family, and seriously wondered whether this was something he, a mercenary, could know.

"It's true... Your Highnesses sometimes play together." Facing Issie who was ignorant of Lucien's nature, Dalton suddenly felt that he was more worthy of pity.

Checkers is of course not a royal secret, it was just a game that Lucien came up with to pass the time when he was recuperating, and he used it as bait to catch Luthers and Ruffal, who were not very old at the time, and finally borrowed the help of the family game. The name fixed the range of chess friends between their brothers.

For children who have not entered the power circle at a young age, being able to "play together" is a symbol of "one of our own".

And it's a family game...

Dalton, who played with Lucien, said that he had never heard of checkers.

"Don't tell me." As a good person, Dalton reminded Izzy out of kindness, "This is their [family] game."

Yixi didn't know the inside story, but nodded and accepted the kindness.

"That's right," Lucien poked his head out of the door abruptly, and said to Doton, "I still have something to give to His Royal Highness Rufar, can you help pass it along?"

Dalton raised the corner of his mouth subconsciously: "(That can only be) yes, I will arrange it after getting off the boat."

Thank goodness they will be able to reach Velvet tomorrow, and he can finally disembark and breathe the air without Lucien.

If this continues, he will die here.

Lucien's brows and eyes were crooked with a smile, and after rubbing a puppy to hook the bear child, his eyes flicked past the man standing by the door.

William seldom appeared by his side these days, and the inspection and guard work on the ship seemed to be inseparable from him as the captain of the guard, so instead of always showing his presence in front of Lucien's eyes, he became his chief of attendant. .

Although in Lucien's eyes, the more the N card danced around, the more it would be an eyesore.

Just talking about serving tea and pouring water, in fact, the head of the attendant is pretty sloppy, and the internal affairs officer will not give Lucien too much rubbish. To put it mildly, this one was transferred from his cheap father The emperor's servant.

——Because of Anna, Lucien is surrounded by soft jade and gentle maids and sisters, but his cheap father is all servants who follow him, and even the beast mounts he raises are male.

If it wasn't for the fact that the cinnabar mole that Cheap's father really loved in his profile was "she", Lucien really couldn't help but want to gossip about his orientation.

Well, his two cheap brothers also...

After a long absence, Lucien recalled the gender ratio of Luses and Rufar's servants and friends. It is understandable that Ruffal is a warrior who likes to play with boys who can fight passionately, but Lusus is a matriarchal mage family. In terms of the male to female ratio of excellent mages, he should be a little green among the red bushes.

In particular, the boys around Luses are not only of high quality, but also so mysterious that Lucien once wondered if he had traveled to some strange strategy game - he tried to substitute Luses's perspective, and found himself and Ruffal is like two fish in the ocean.

Healthy dogs and squeamish cats also have orthopedic elements that are popular, and there will never be a lack of market no matter what.

And before Lucien left, Luthers generously gave him one.

The Rawlers Manor he gave to Lucien is not only a piece of land, but also the serfs and servants on the land to vacation in other palaces, and the most valuable in Lucien's eyes, Lawrence, the manor housekeeper who can be evaluated as "loyal and capable" by Luthers .

Although Dalton is good, he is not in his bowl. Lawrence was given a job that clearly changed the employment contract to Lucien's name. To put it harshly, he can only be regarded as Lucien's "thing" before the contract expires. .

Lucien has already made up his mind, and when he meets Lawrence, he will be able to see the other party's stats. As long as the stats can reach the level of the R card, he will immediately replace the chief attendant of the N card.

The chief attendant is equivalent to his work secretary. If he is not capable enough, he will increase his work burden if he does not change.

It's too inhumane to let a patient suffer ninety-six.

There was no need for Lucien to bother to weave out the charges for the replacement. He asked the guy with the specialty written [to enrich himself] to be in charge of buying and guarding the warehouse, or he put the mouse into the rice vat.

Lucien had to declare first that purchasing and guarding were not his intentional work.It's just that Anna, the head maid, wanted to follow him, and William, the head of the guard, was busy with food purchases and arranging inspections and guards, so the gentleman volunteered to undertake the purchase of supplies and keeping property.

it's a pity.

Lucien sat back on the side of the chessboard and moved the pieces towards victory.

Obviously, it can be a good job to work for Velvet.

……

Wilhelm County is a great place.

The day at Rollers Manor in the south of Wilvelde County began before dawn.

This manor used to belong to the eldest prince Luses, and it was used for occasional spring vacations. The main building of the manor is not a traditional cold old-fashioned castle, but a more comfortable holiday palace, which can be seen from any window in spring. Seeing the endless fields of basil flowers, the lake is as quiet as pure sapphire, and the scenery is beautiful and pleasant.

Lawrence, the chief steward of the manor, likes it here. He is a native of Velveer, and it is only natural that he takes root in this land.

The people of Rolles Manor also like him—to expand a little bit, there are hundreds of sharecroppers, artisans and freedmen in the large and small villages around Rolles Manor, and everyone likes this Mr. Steward who manages the manor in an orderly manner.

So when he came forward, the turmoil caused by the change of ownership of the manor was quickly calmed down. People believed what he said, and believed that the new lord would only make their lives better and better.

—Only Lawrence himself has no idea about this.

He is just a housekeeper. Whether he can keep his job after the manor changes hands is another matter. Even if he is a gift from His Royal Highness Luthers to the Duke, if the Duke is determined to replace him with other servants he likes more, Luther His Highness Si will not be angry because of a housekeeper and his beloved brother.

Lawrence likes it here, but he doesn't know if he can stay here after the new lord arrives.

The young housekeeper pursed his lips to keep himself from thinking wildly.

How his fate will be decided soon, so fast that he can already feel the slight tremor of the ground as heavy footsteps approach.

Breathing out a breath of white air in the cold winter wind, Lawrence turned his head to warn the maids and servants to raise their spirits, turned around with a smile suitable for business use, and hurried to meet the carriage team that was about to stop in front of the door.

"Welcome, Your Excellency the Duke." He stood still in front of the carriage behind the tall horned horse, and bowed to salute Lucien, "Below is Lawrence Tosyev, the steward of the manor, to extend my loyalty and respect to you .”

"Good day." Lucien stepped down the steps and got out of the carriage, looking at the secretary as a candidate.

Snow-skinned blond hair, long legs and thin waist, light green eyes drooping docilely, is the type of pretty doll that bear children will like.

The personal data displayed on the system also satisfies Lucien, no, it should be said to be a surprise.

In addition to his expected high scores in internal affairs, financial management and social interaction, the agricultural and animal husbandry construction items also performed well, which is simply a hexagonal warrior with a balanced development of the panel.

It is indeed a small beet in the cheap big brother's land.

Lucien sighed, and stretched out his hand to the glittering SSR in front of him. Lawrence immediately held his palm knowingly and led him to the door.

The boy's palm was cold.

Thin and cold hands.

This was Lawrence's first impression of Lucien, obviously he had been blown in the cold wind for a long time and Lucien had just come out of the warm compartment, and his hands were much warmer than Lucien's.

Then he raised his eyes to see his future... his current master.

The boy was wrapped in a thick cloak, only a pale face was exposed under the fluffy fur trim, his lips were bloodless pale pink, his cheeks were so thin that there was no flesh at all, and the tip of his nose and cheekbones were slightly bruised by the cold wind. Rouge.

Only a pair of round eyes with slightly protruding tails, blue pupils are clear and bright, arousing a bit of liveliness in the sickly appearance.

"Mr. Tosyev." Lawrence heard Lucien calling him briskly, "Can I call you Lawrence?"

Inexplicably, a tight string in his heart relaxed softly.